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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808168603321

Autore

Brands H. W

Titolo

Wages of globalism [[electronic resource] ] : Lyndon Johnson and the limits of American power

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-972927-1

1-280-45393-1

1-60256-193-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

327.730092

973.923

Soggetti

United States - Foreign relations - 1963-1969

United States - General

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""1. Great Expectations""; ""2. Who Lost Cuba?""; ""3. The Trojan War (cont.)""; ""4. Suffer the General""; ""5. When the Twain Met-Head-on""; ""6. Bloody Good Luck""; ""7. Six Days in June""; ""8. Vietnam in Context""; ""9. Hegemony's End""; ""Notes""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

One episode dominates the memory of Lyndon Johnson's presidency: the Vietnam War.  The war has so darkened Johnson's reputation that it is difficult for many to recall his policies in a positive light-- especially his foreign policy.  Now historian H.W. Brands offers a fresh look at Johnson'shandling of international relations, putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of global containment he was expected to uphold. The result is a fascinating portrait of a master politician at work, maneuvering through a series of successes that made hisultimat